Cap’n Dave

[macgeek]

I don't know his Chat name, but he was a fellow member.
He passed away of a a ruptured aorta.

He was a really funny guy, and we had alot of laughs

He will be missed.

Jonathan

[pam]

My father has 2 aortic aneurysms - one of which is stented - found them by accident, since they don't seem to be routinely looked for by the medicos - Dad went to one of those traveling CTScan operations (which all the docs in the local community disparage) - and they were found - Dad then took his results to his local doctor, who ordered further tests, and the stent. Seem to be more common in smokers (or former smokers) -

I'm sorry to hear about Capt'n Dave.

Pam

[Eric Payne]

My father has 2 aortic aneurysms - one of which is stented - found them by accident, since they don't seem to be routinely looked for by the medicos...

Pam, the reason they're not "routinely looked for" is because, in about 99% of the cases, they're found completely by accident.

Most aneurysms build, and burst, in a relatively short period of time and are completely undetectable. A lower number of them are caused by trauma; these are normally detected, as they tend to be in the area of the trauma. Some others build and grow, then their growth halts, allowing for their detection.

But the overwhelming number of aneurysms are like balloons. The build; they grow; they pop. Quickly. And when they pop, at the very least there's a ruptured blood vessel - it it pops inside a vital organ, like the brain or the heart, there's just no time to do anything. I remember, back in the late 1970s, our family was living in Springfield, OH (about 30 miles west of Dayton, on I-70). There was an African-American female newscaster, on the late weekend news program, for Channel 7. One night, on camera, an aneurysm in her brain blew. In mid-sentence, she went down. It took a while - it seemed like minutes, though I'm sure it wasn't - for the director to cut away. The news never came back on that night. The next day, the station explained what happened.

[macgeek]

SEGWAY SETS LAGUNA SECA LAP RECORD
For immediate release: Monterey, CA; 23 July 2007

At the Red Bull US MotoGP this weekend, after three years of denial
of track access by Laguna Seca, using track time generously
provided by Alex Dunstan, Promotions Manager of multi World
Championship winning Ducati North America, The Reverend, Captain
David B. Laing, life member, Disabled American Veterans, set the
Laguna Seca Raceway lap record for a SEGWAY brand Electric Personal
Mobility Assistance Device. Dunstan, on behalf of Ducati North
America, further provided the assistance to Laing of Multi World
Championship-winning Ducati Motorcycle riding legend Doug Polen who
accompanied Laing on the record lap and advised on proper corner
entry, apex selection and necessary level of hanging-off. Corner
entry speeds and knee-dragging were not a problem; however, Polen's
comments were
Amateur photographs of Laing descending The Corkscrew during the
record setting lap are available as attachments to this Pres! s
Release.
Casey Stoner of Australia, riding a Ducati GP7, set the all-out two
wheel lap record at the same event while winning the Red Bull US
MotoGP and, probably, securing the MotoGP championship this year.
Laing had been seeking track time in order to obtain a picture of
himself riding his SEGWAY in "The Most Famous Corner In Racing" to
go along with pictures of him in his Abarth sports car while
winning a race at Laguna Seca and of him riding one of his Ducati
motorcycles while leading friends down The 'Screw on one of his
many days at Laguna Seca riding his Ducati and BMW motorcycles.
Laing has been unsuccessful in obtaining a photograph of him riding
his SEGWAY down the steep, rough dirt track from the new plaza at
the top of The Corkscrew to the pits in 2005 just before the AMA
Superbike Race won by Eric Bostrom, riding a Ducati Superbike, and
solicits submissions of any quality photographs of this great stunt
ride.
Laing obtained his SEGWA! Y from one of its designers, DEKA
engineer Andy Douzanis and h! as furth er equipped it with
aftermarket equipment from SEGWAY collectors and enthusiasts Dan
Lundahl and Jonathan Gleich.
Laing is looking forward to being financially able to acquire the
latest SEGWAY models as improvements and changes in design will
greatly assist him in future SEGWAY record setting attempts.
To this end, multi-time Pris-Dakar Rally veterans Charles Rauseo,
ESQ and Robb McElroy, principals of Rally Management Services
[.com] of San Francisco have been tasked with finding suitable
sponsors for these acquisitions and record attempts.
The actual record lap time will be released following Guinness
certification of the track sun dial.
[30]

[legpain]

Pam, you do know that it was Dean Kamen that invented the stent don't you?

John

[RAG1247]

Pam, you do know that it was Dean Kamen that invented the stent don't you?

John


I think you will find that DK didn't invent the stent but created a much improved version.

[macgeek]

but don't derail this thread.

Jonathan

[wwhopper]

I don't know his Chat name, but he was a fellow member.
He passed away of a a ruptured aorta.

He was a really funny guy, and we had alot of laughs

He will be missed.

Jonathan

Was he one of your NYC guys? I do not remember hearing about him before.

We have a glider who is not doing well too, Scotty, the senior of our DC SEG Gliders, you all may remember him from the SegwayFesT in NH and DC, he was an Army guy who loved his Segway. He called me the other day from his hospital room.

We all loved going out with him, as he had the spirit of a young glider, and nothing phased him.

I fear we will be losing him too, but he is a fighter, has been hanging on with a number of issues for a while. Still has his Seg, though he can't use it, still keeps up with us online.

WWH

[Zorba9]

.... was a former financial wizard who moved from the desert ('Vegas) to the Northwest to be near his kids. After several serious motorcycle racing accidents, one leg was amputated. His Segways gave him the freedom to attend AMA Superbike events where he was well known from his previous racing days. My studded tires gave him the option to traverse muddy infields & hillsides around various tracks. For several years his dry-wit kept the oddball emails pouring into my mailbox & Macgeeks. He was a former pilot and off-shore competetive sailboat racer. I'ld guess he was in his mid to late 60's and had more trials and tribulations than any 3 men put together.

We'll miss you Dave, keep on gliding buddy!